First, as a relatively in shape person who walks a ton (no car living in the midwest) I can attest that I often wish I had a golf cart/scooter solution. They don’t need to be a replacement for walking (though good that they can be) they might also appeal to those of us who like to walk a lot but need a replacement for a car when it gets really hot or we need to carry groceries (motorcycle style scooters require licenses and can’t always be driven on campuses or parks). It would be great if these became less socially disapproved of for the non-disabled.
Second, aren’t there stable, fast scooters with decent torque and larger battery packs? Why do you think the crappy scooter will become super popular? Is it that much cheaper? Or are you just saying even a crappy scooter provides these advantages.
I expect that when I replace my scooter at the end of its useful life I will be able to get a much better scooter. For me, this one is at what I think is currently a good tradeoff between portability (more battery is heavier, more torque might require a heavier machine too), plausibility as a wheelchair (for use indoors and on the sidewalk rather than among cars), and price (I’d pay more knowing what I know, but when I got it I didn’t actually realize quite how big a deal it was going to be for me).
I believe Alicorn meant to claim that the larger class of electric vehicles for ~1 person—scooters, tricycles, skateboards, ebikes, etc—are about to take off in a big way because there are a lot more people who would buy them if they knew about them/saw their friends using them than there are using them now
Two thoughts.
First, as a relatively in shape person who walks a ton (no car living in the midwest) I can attest that I often wish I had a golf cart/scooter solution. They don’t need to be a replacement for walking (though good that they can be) they might also appeal to those of us who like to walk a lot but need a replacement for a car when it gets really hot or we need to carry groceries (motorcycle style scooters require licenses and can’t always be driven on campuses or parks). It would be great if these became less socially disapproved of for the non-disabled.
Second, aren’t there stable, fast scooters with decent torque and larger battery packs? Why do you think the crappy scooter will become super popular? Is it that much cheaper? Or are you just saying even a crappy scooter provides these advantages.
I expect that when I replace my scooter at the end of its useful life I will be able to get a much better scooter. For me, this one is at what I think is currently a good tradeoff between portability (more battery is heavier, more torque might require a heavier machine too), plausibility as a wheelchair (for use indoors and on the sidewalk rather than among cars), and price (I’d pay more knowing what I know, but when I got it I didn’t actually realize quite how big a deal it was going to be for me).
I believe Alicorn meant to claim that the larger class of electric vehicles for ~1 person—scooters, tricycles, skateboards, ebikes, etc—are about to take off in a big way because there are a lot more people who would buy them if they knew about them/saw their friends using them than there are using them now